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Lotus Thief - Forlesen

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David Fischer This was pretty much a no-brainer for me, as Forlesen's is among the most beautiful music I have discovered in the recent five years plus they share members with Lotus Thief. How does one label this? Progressive doom? Avant-garde ambient? I have no idea, but I can tell you that it's wonderful. It's soothing and softly washes around you; like finding solace in the arms of a friend in dire times - and sometimes, between all the cold, kvlt and harsh black metal I deeply enjoy, that's what I need. Favorite track: LOTUS THIEF - In Perdition.

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	1.	LOTUS THIEF - In Perdition 11:24 video
	2.	FORLESEN - Black Is The Color 11:46

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Sharing several members between the two bands, FORLESEN and LOTUS THIEF cross paths in an EP that highlights their different approaches while revealing new facets of each.
Begun during the global pandemic of 2020 and refined over the following years, the two songs of this release evoke themes of the infernal and divine as experienced in the transcendent daily occurrences of love and death during a time of plague.
“In Perdition” shows LOTUS THIEF in unprecedentedly epic form, drawing its source material from Giovanni Boccaccio’s "The Decameron" (1353), in which people sheltered in place during the Black Death, telling tales to pass the time.
With “Black Is The Color”, FORLESEN are at perhaps their most accessible, putting their singular stamp on the old standard and transforming it into a dirge both funereal and soaring.

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released January 26, 2024

LOTUS THIEF
Ascalaphus - harsh vocals
Bezaelith - vocals, bass, guitar, synth, mandolin
Mohrany - backing vocals
Petit Albert - electric and acoustic guitar, synth
Romthulus - guitar
Sonnungr - percussion

FORLESEN
Ascalaphus - vocals, guitar
Bezaelith - vocals, guitar, bass
Maleus - drums
Petit Albert - Hammond B3 organ, piano

Cover art excerpted from "The Whore Of Babylon" in "The Apocalypse" by Albrecht Durer (1498)
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Cat. Nr. IVR230

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